The Shemwell Family

Mary Clasby1722

Name
Mary Clasby
Given names
Mary
Surname
Clasby
Married name
Mary Ray
Birth September 29, 1722
MarriageWilliam RayView this family
October 4, 1746 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Nathaniel Ray
about 1751 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763 (Age 31 years)

Note: The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years War, fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France - http://goo.gl/SiIuNc
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 52 years)

Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 52 years)

Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
Birth of a grandson
#1
Hix Jones Ray
April 7, 1798 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 70 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 80 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
Death of a husbandWilliam Ray
February 27, 1804 (Age 81 years)
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 89 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Deathunknown

Family with William Ray - View this family
husband
William Ray
Birth: May 4, 1724Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
Death: February 27, 1804Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
herself
Marriage: October 4, 1746Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
5 years
son